Toy pistol



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ALFRED C. SONASSEN: QF 'Dl-FEV] TZ'OZLIZ, EL ELLIAM ANDERSON, OI

TOY

PISTOL.

Application led November 21, 1923. Serial No. 6765158.

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JortAssur:j subject ot the iA g t Bri ein, residing at New Afork city, county and New York, have invented certain new nset'ul improvements in Toy Pistols, or which the following is a specii'ication. i

This invention relates to toy pistols 'for the proiection of round obiects such as marblesot the 1Arind disclosed in my prior Patent No. lAOlQ, in Which the marble is projected by a plunger adapted to reciprocete the barrel and to iv Lich momentum i`J i r ed for effecting the projection by means et a pivoted lever 1which isadaptedto be actuated b nieans oi a spring.

l o'the present invention is to prot/'ide a siinpiilied mechanismfor cooking the act atine lever and tor releasing said lever when it is desired to proiect the marble or the like,

The construction or" such mechanism is such that a single member, adapted to be conveniently operated by the linger et 'the operator is adapted to directly said actuating lever to move it into its cocked position in which such lever automatically locks itsel'lf by direct enga?, nent with said member and then upon a iur-ther actuation said member such member further enfaces actuating lever to move it'into a position whereby itl may be actuated by the spring for effecting the operation ot the plunger and the projection oi the marble or the like.

ln order thatl the invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the accompanying'drrivings which illustrate by Way ot example i preferred embodiment ot the invention:

ln the drawings:

l is a sectional elevation of the pistol shovvir D' the mechanism in the position assumed vhen all the parts arefree.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the pistol showing the mechanism in the position assumed when the actuating lever is cooked, a morlilied Jormot actuating` spring; being shown 3 is a sectional elevation ot the pistol showing the mechanism in the position assumed when the actuating lever has been moved out ot its cocltingposition into the position assumed immediately prior to its operation of the'plunger, such lever also beshown in dotted lines in the position assumed immediately after the operation of the plunger.

Fig. 4 is a. modified form of the actuating spring.

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively side elevation and plan of a modified 'form of spring for holdingV the marble in position Within the barrel.

The body portion of the pistol comprises a barrel l and a butt 2 and is preferably formed in two halves each of which is stamped out of sheet metal. The said halves are adapted to be connected together by means of a rivet S'looated substantially centrally of the butt 2 and by other additional means such as by the members 4 formed in the upper edge of onehal of the barrel which are provided With slots la adapted to receive cooperating members on the other half and by the members 5 located on the lower edge of each ha t ot the butt which are adapted to be bent over to engage the other half of the butt. l

fr spring member is provided Within the barrel 'for maintaining the marble in the barrel and preventing the same from alling out it the pistol is pointed downwardly. rlhis may be in the form or' a leaf spring 6 having a convex portion 6 Which is adapted to lightly engage the marble or the like 7 it is placed in the barrel7 it maycbe or" a hair pin formation as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 suitably curved as at Gb and preterably provided with corrugations 6C in one or other oiA which the marble or the like is adapted to lit according to its size and to be lightly held therein by the pressure of vthe spring. Y

The retaining spring is maintained in the barrel by any suitable means as by a hooked end portion 8 or bent portions 8a engaging in slots 9 provided in the abutting edges of the two halves of the barrel.

The plunger lOwis provided with a longitudinal recess ll adapted to accommodate the spring 6 and with a transverse slot l2 in which the upper end 13 of the actuating lever 14- is adapted to operate. The said plunger lO may be made of wood as illustrated, in Which case a pad 15 of resilient material is provided at the end thereof so 16 enoaees within recesses 1'? provided in the abutting edges'ot' the forward side oit the butt 2, and the rear portion of the said member-16 is provided with a slot 18 arranged longitudinally of said member in which the pin 3 is adapted to engage. The

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recesses 17 also prevent lateral movement o't the member 16 and the rearward part of slidable member 16 is also provided with downturned flanges 19 which s'lidably engage one of the side faces et the butt 2 and iwhich also serve to prevent lateral movement of such niember 16.

The two members 111 anr1 16 are normally Y maintained in their iorwa i positions indicated in llig. 1 bly means orn a spring 2()a 20a or 2Ob mounted on the pivot pin 3 and having one end 21 engaging a lug 22 on the lower edge of the member 16 and the other end engaging the actuating` lever 14 either by a hook 15 embracing the rearward edge of said lever as illustrated in Figs. 1-3 or byr engaging a lug 23 on said actuating lever as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. The spring may either be of the simple form containing a single convolution.encircling said pivot pin 15 as illustrated in Figs. 1(1 3 and 1- or may be of a vspiral formation as illustrated in Figc 2,"and it is adapted'also to maintain said members 111 and 16 in close contiguity. The upper edge ot the slidable member 16 is provided with a recess the forward edge or" which is in the forni of a tooth 2dwhich is bent slightly so that it projects outwardly from that face ot the member 16 which is adjacent the actuating lever 141-. The forward end 25 of the slidable member 16 is shaped so that it may be conveniently engaged by the ringer of the operator and is also provided on the side thereof with a stop member 26 whose function will be described later. The Jforward edge 2T of the n actuating lever 1&1 is cam shaped as indicated in the drawings. and is provided with a recess 28 forming a tooth shaped member 29 extending downwardly towards the lower end of the butt 2 when the lever ,1st assumes the position indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. |The said tooth is also somewhat wedge shaped tapering towards its point so that it may engagebehind the upper edge of the slid'able member 16 when the said members assume a Ydefinite relativeV position as hereinafter described. A triangular shaped portion 30 of the said acthe side ot such lever adjacent the Vslidable member 16.

Assuming that the members are in the Fie i position indicated in u. 1, the operation ot the device isas follows. The butt 2 is held in the hand of the operatorin the usual manner and the end 25 of the slidable member 16 is engaged by the linger of the operator so that a sli-ding movement is imparted to said member. At the beginning et this sliding movement the outwardly projecting tooth 241.011 said member engages the cam surface 27 ot the actuating 'lever and thus owing` to the movement imparted to said member 16 "he actuating lever 111 is caused to turn upon its pivot 13 and to move the plunger 10 'towards the rear the b"` rel 1 simultaneously tensioning ne spring 20. llllhen, during` this movement the point yof the tooth 29 on the lever 14 clears the lower edge ot the recess 23.) then. if the pressure on the slidable member 16 is momentarily released, the said tooth 29, will behind the edge of said recess and the sides of the recess 28 below said tooth will embrace said edge and owing to the act-ion of the spring 20 will 'lirictionally engage the member 16 thus preventing` a re- The two will impart a further pivotal movement to the lever 14 until the point oi the tooth on said lever rests upon the upper edge of the slidable member 16 whereupon, a tun ther rearward movement oit' the slidable member 16 will cause the tooth 211 thereonY to engage behind the said lever 1e as shown in Fig. 3, the edge ot the recess 28 being slightly chamtered for this purpose and the said tooth 2A will thereby push the lever 14: away from the surtace of the member 16 a slight extent9 thus freeing th-e tooth 29 from the upper edge ot the slidable' member and permitting the spring 20 to impart to said lever a rapid pivotal movement which is arrested by the cam sur-'tace thereon engaging a` correspondingly shaped sur-V vtace on the stop 26 hereinbetore mentioned. A rapid forward movementwill thus be imi ,esame sa the marble 7 which has previously been placed in the barrel l, and will project the same.

As will clearly be seen from Fig. 3 of the drawings the return movement of the ac tuating lever 14: is arrested by the stop 26 and not by the metal of the casing or body of the pistol, and damage to such casing is thereby obviated. Also during the return movement of the said lev r the outwardly projecting tooth 2li on the slidable member 16 will be situated in the recess behind by the embossed portion 30 on the lever le and thus will not be in frictional engagement with said lever.

After the projection of the marble or the like the pressure on the slidable member 16 is released whereupon the spring 2O will return the same into the position shown in Fig. l, the tooth 24, owing to its wedge shape, freely passing beneath the edge of the embossed portion 80, and thus assuming a position adapted to engage the cam surface 27 of' the lever let upon a further actuation of the slidable member 16 by the operator.

As is clearly shown, the various parts of the structure forming the pistol are few in number and of simple formation all of them with the exception of the spring being adapted to be stamped out of sheet metal. Also the parts may be easily assembled. Thus it is obvious that the cost of construction of the device will be comparatively low.

What l claim is:-

1. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger within said barrel, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever` a spring associated with said actuating lever, means whereby said member is adapted upon an initial movement thereof to directly engage said lever and thereby to move the same into a cocked position and to impart tension to said spring, means whereby said actuating lever is adapted to directly engage said member when it is moved into its cocked position and thereby to mutually lock itself and said member in such position, and means whereby said member is adapted on further actuation thereof to further directly engage said actuating lever and thereby to move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger.

2. A toy pistol comprising a barrel,v a plunger within said barrel and means for actuating said plunger comprising two coacting members and a spring associated with such members, such members being so related that amovement imparted to one of such members will first effect the tensioning of said spring and cause the direct engagement of the two members and thereby effeet the movement of said other meinl'ier into a locked cooking position and will then cause a further direct engagement of the tvvo members and thereby effect the movement of said other member into a position in wiich it can be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger.

3. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger within said barrel, means within said barrel for holding a projectile within such barrel preparatory to the projection thereof, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger a member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever, a spring associated with said actuating lever, means whereby said member is adapted upon an initial movement thereof to directl envase.

said lever and thereby to move the same into a cocked position and to impart tension-to said spring, means whereby said actuating lever is adapted to directly engage said member1 whenit is moved into its cocked position and thereby to mutually lock itself and said member in such position, and means whereby said member is adapted on further actuation thereof to further directly engage said actuating lever and thereby to move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger.

4. A toy-pistol comprising a barrel, a

)lun'er within said barrel a curved s rin within said barrel adapted .to hold a projectile within said barrel preparatory to the projection thereof, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever, a spring associated with said actuating lever, means whereby said member is adapted upon an initial movement thereof to directly engage said lever and thereby to move the same into a cocked position and to impart tension to said spring, means whereby said actuating lever is adapted to directly engage said member when itis moved into its cocked position and thereby to mutually lock itself and said member in such position, and .means whereby said member is adapted on further actuation thereof to further dih rectly engage said actuating lever and thereby to move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger.

A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger Within said barrel, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a slidable member adapted to be moved relatively to said. actuating lever a spring adapted to maintain such member and such lever in their inoperative positions, a cam shaped edge on said actuating lever, an outwardly projecting member on said slidable member adapt- Ulf) ed to engage said cam shaped edge when anY initial movement is in'iparted to said slidable member and thereby to move said operating lever about its pivotal axis, means on said slidable member and on said actuating lever adapted to impart tension to said spring upon such initial movement of said slidable member, means on said actuating lever adapted to engage said slidable member when the actuating lever is moved into its cocked position thereby mutually locking such lever and member in such position, and meansV whereby on a further actuation of said slidable member said outwardly projecting member on said slidable member will actuate said actuating lever so as to move it from its locking position and then move it into such a position that it may be .freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation ofsaid plunger.

6. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger within said barrel, a curved spring within said barrel having corrugations therein adapted to hold a projectile within said barrel preparatory to the projection thereof, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever, a spring associated with said actuating lever, `means whereby said member is adapted upon an initial movement thereof to directly engage said lever and thereby to move the same into a cocked position and to impart tension to said spring, means whereby said actuating lever is adapted to directly engage said member when it is moved into its cocked position and thereby to mutually lock itself and said member in such position, and means whereby said member is adapted on further actuation thereof to further directly engage said actuating lever and thereby to move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned Vspring to effect the operation of said plunger.

7. A toy pistol comprisinga barrel, a plunger within said barrel, a curved spring of hair pin shape having corrugations in each leg thereof adapted to hold. a projectile within said barrel preparatory to the projection thereof, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating'lever, a spring associated with said actuating lever, means whereby said member is `adapted upon an initial movement thereof to directly engage said lever and thereby to move the same into a cocked position and to impart tension to said spring, means whereby said actuating lever is adapted to directly engage said member when it is moved into its cocked position and thereby to mutually lock itself and said member in such position, and means whereby said member is adapted on further actuation thereof to further directly engage said actuating lever and thereby to move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to etect the operation of said plunger.

8. A. toy pistol comprising ax barrel, a plunger within said barrel, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a slidable member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever, a spring normally adapted to maintain such member and such lever in their inoperative positions; a cam shaped edge on said actuating' lever', an outwardly projecting member on said slidable member adapted to engage said cam shaped edge when. an initial movement is imparted to said slidable member and thereby to move said operating lever about its pivotal axis, means on said slidable member and on said actuating lever adapted toV impart tension to said spring upon such initial movement of said slidable member, a wedge shaped tooth shaped member in said cam shaped edge of the actuating lever adapted to engage the rear side of the upper edge of the slidable member when the actuating lever is moved into its cooking position and the pressure on said slidable member is relieved thereby frictionally engaging said slidable member and mutually locking the said member and said lever in said cocked position, and means whereby said outwardly projecting member on said slidable member will actuate said actuating lever so as to move it from its locking position and then move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger.

9. A vtoy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger within said barrel, a' pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a slidable member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever, a spring normally adapted to maintain such member and such lever in their inoperative positions; a'cam shaped edge on said actuating lever, an'outwardly projecting member on said slidable member adapted to engage said cam shaped edgeY when an initial movement is imparted to said slidable member and thereby to move said operating lever about its pivotal axis, means on said slidable member and on said actuating lever adapted to impart tension to said spring upon such initial movement of said slidable member, a wedge shaped tooth shaped member in said cam shaped edge of the actuating lever adapted to en-` gage the rear side of the upper edge of the slidable member when the actuating lever is moved into its cooking position and the pressure onsaid slidable member is relieved thereby frictionally engaging said slidable member and mutually locking the said member and said lever in said cocked position, and means whereby said outwardly its ilo

meente' projecting member on said slidable member will, upon further movement oi said member actuate such lever so that the tooth thereon is moved out of its locking position and then moved so that it is clear oi said slidable member so that said lever may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to eliiect the operation or said plunger.

l0. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger Within said barrel, a pivo" l actuating lever 'for said plunger, a slidable member adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever and arranged with a side face thereor" in close contiguity With said actuating lever, a spring norn ally adapted to maintain said member and said lever in their inoperative positions and in contiguous relation, a cam shaped edge on said actuating lever, a tooth shaped member on' said slidable member projecting outwardly from that face thereof which is adjacet said actuating lever, said tooth shaped member being adapted to engage said cam shaped edge 1when an initial movement is s imparted to said slidable member and there by to move said operating lever about its pivotal axis, means on said slidable men'iber and on said actuating lever adapted to impart tension to said spring upon such initial movement of said slidable member, means on said actuating lever adapted to engage said slidable member when the actuating lever is moved into its cooked position thereby mutually locking such lever and member in such position, and means on a further actuation of said slidable member whereby said tooth shaped member on said slidable member will actuate said actuating lever so as to move it from its locking position and then move it into such a position that it may be freely actuated by said tensioned spring to eect the operation of said plunger.

1l. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a plunger Within said barrel, a pivotal actuating lever for said plunger, a slidable mem-y ber adapted to be moved relatively to said actuating lever and arranged with a side face thereof in close contiguity with 'Said actuating lever, a spring normally adapted to maintain said member and said lever in their inoperative positions and in contiguous relation, a cam shaped edge on said actuating lever, a tooth shaped member on said slidable member projecting outwardly from that tace thereof Which is adjacent said actuating lever, such tooth shaped member being adapted to engage said cam shaped edge when an initial movement is imparted to said slidable member and thereby to move said operating lever about its pivotal axis, mea-ns on said slidable member and on said actuating lever adapted to im part tension to said spring upon such initial movement of said slidable member, a Wedge shaped tooth shaped member in said cam shaped edge of the actuating lever adapted to engage the rear side of the upper edge of the slidable member When the actuating lever is moved into its cooking position and the pressure on said slidable member is relieved thereby` frictionally engaging said slidable member and mutually locking the said member and said lever in said cocked position, means whereby said tooth shaped member on said slidable member Will, upon further movement of said member aotuate such lever so that the tooth thereon is moved out of its loclring position and then moved so that it is clear or" said slidable member so that the said lever may be actuated by said tensioned spring to effect the operation of said plunger, and an embossed portion on said actuating lever adapted to accommodate Within the recess formed at the rear thereof the outwardly projecting tooth shaped member on the slidable member during the said operative movement of said actuating lever.

ln testimony whereof l aliiX my Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALF. C. JNASSEN.

Witnesses:

J. L. FLEMMING, STEWART L. WHITMAN. 

